More Bob Graham!

Bob Graham is a Kate Greenaway winning author-illustrator who has written and illustrated many acclaimed children’s

picture books including How to Heal a Broken Wing, Max, Jethro Byrde: Fairy

Child and April Underhill: Tooth Fairy.

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In this charming and beautiful picture book, the journey of the sun is captured

as it travels from the far side of the world, across countries, chasing the night before

arriving at little Coco’s house.

From prolific and multi-award winning writer and illustrator Bob Graham comes an enchanting story

about the sun, and how it makes its journey from the far side of the world to the home of one small

girl. The sun leaps whole countries, chasing the night, before bursting at last in a fanfare of warm

golden light through Coco’s window!

How The Sun Got To Coco’s HouseBy Bob Graham

3+ years

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From award-winning poet JonArno Lawson comes a beautifully illustrated wordless picture

book - an ode to the importance of small things, small people and small gestures.

In this wordless, beautifully illustrated picture book from award-winning poet JonArno Lawson, a little girl

collects wild flowers while her distracted father pays her - and their surroundings - little attention. An ode to the importance of small things, small people and small

gestures, Footpath Flowers is a quiet but powerful testament to the joy that children can find in ordinary

things and the mutual value of giving.

Footpath FlowersBy JonArno Lawson

Illustrated by Sydney Smith

3+ years

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Discover the NATO phonetic alphabet - and find layers of connection in every letter - in

an enchanting alphabet book from celebrated artist Isabelle Arsenault, illustrator of

Jane, the Fox, and Me.

Alpha, Bravo, Charlie... Since 1956, whenever time and clarity are of the essence, everyone from fire fighters to

air traffic controllers has spelled out messages using the NATO phonetic alphabet. Now, with equal precision -

infused with a singular wit and whimsy - the award-winning Isabelle Arsenault interprets this internationally

recognized code and makes it her own.

AlphaBy Isabelle Arsenault

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PlatypusSue Whiting • Mark Jackson

EmuClaire Saxby • Graham Byrne

Big Red KangarooClaire Saxby • Graham Byrne

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Flight Of The Honey Bee Raymond Huber • Brian Lovelock

Nature Storybooks

Meet the platypus, emu, big red kangaroo and honey bee in these narrative non-fiction picture books, part

of the successful Nature Storybook list.

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MidnightBy Mark Greenwood

Illustrated by Frané Lessac

Can We Help?: Kids Volunteering To Help

By George AnconaA narrative non-fiction picture book, new to

paperback, from the award-winning duo Mark Greenwood and Frané Lessac.

Real kids make a real difference in their communities in this vibrantly photographed

chronicle by George Ancona.

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The TudorsBy Marcia Williams

Marcia Williams brings the Tudor kings and queens to life in her trademark comic strip style.

Join much-loved author/illustrator Marcia Williams on a comic strip journey through Tudor history! A witty, accessible introduction to the Tudors, with

full-colour illustrations throughout, from the author of Mr. William Shakespeare’s Plays and The Romans:

Gods, Emperors and Dormice. Arthur Inkblott, Queen Elizabeth I’s favourite scribe, retells the most famous

moments in Tudor history, from the Wars of the Roses and the Spanish Armada to Christopher Columbus’s

discovery of America and Henry VIII’s many marriages! Packed with jokes and colourful comic-strip

illustrations, this is Marcia Williams at her very best.

Sept2015

Meet Lily the Elf!

Meet Judy Moody & Stink!

Lily The ElfBy Anna Branford

Illustrated by Lisa Coutts

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Although Lily lives in a miniature elfish world, she is very relatable to her young readers.

Lily’s dilemmas and adventures centre on the concerns, fears and interests of girls 5+.

Megan McDonald is the creator of the popular and award-winning Judy Moody and Stink

series. She is also the author of three Sisters Club stories, two stories about Ant and Honey

Bee, and many other books for children. She lives in Sebastopol, California.

Perfectly pitched for emergent readers with simple sentence

structure, short chapters, B&W illustrations, large font and white space, all designed for easy and

well-supported reading.

2015 is Judy’s 15th anniversary & Stink’s 10th anniversary!

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Lily The Elf: The Wishing Seed

Triple Pet Troubleby Megan McDonald • illust. by Erwin Madrid

Lily The Elf: The Elf Flute

Stink Moody In Master Of Disasterby Megan McDonald • illust. by Erwin Madrid

Lily The Elf: The Precious Ring

Judy Moody And Stink: The Wishbone Wishby Megan McDonald • illust. by Peter H. Reynolds

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5+ yearsLily The Elf: The Midnight Owl

Ragweed’s Farm Dog HandbookBy Anne Vittur Kennedy

The Princess And The PonyBy Kate Beaton

This tongue-in-cheek primer on how to be a good farm dog – and how ignoring the rules may result in a biscuit – is a

guaranteed treat.

The teeny tiniest of adorable farting ponies gives the biggest of laughs in this riotously inventive new title from Kate

Beaton, the artist behind the bestselling Hark! A Vagrant.

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Quest and Journey

Aaron Becker began drawing picture books at the age of eight. After many years of practice,

he published his first wordless picture book, Journey, which was named a Caldecott Honor Book. He is now on a quest to share his books

with as many young readers as possible. “There is nothing more gratifying than seeing kids hold one of my books close to their heart,” he says.

“My hope is that these stories might inspire us all to place a bit more faith in the power of

wonder.”

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Quest

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The Cat With The Coloured TailBy Gillian Mears

Illustrated by Dinalie Dabarera

The Diamond BrothersBy Anthony Horowitz

My Father Is A Polar BearBy Michael Morpurgo

Illustrated by Felicita Sala

Baba Yaga’s AssistantBy Marika McCoola

Illustrated by Emily Carroll

Nobody Saw No OneBy Steve Tasane

Honor GirlBy Maggie Thrash

A magical cat, an ice-cream van that makes delicious moon-creams and a quest to bring joy

to those who need it most.

Mr Hooper and The Cat with the Coloured Tail travel through the countryside in their ice-cream van.

They enjoy looking for heart shapes (their favourite game) and making people happy with their delicious

moon-creams. But a dark feeling is following the cat. Something is wrong. When the ice-cream van enters the forest, Mr Hooper and the cat realise the heart of the world is in danger. Will they be able to save it? A

lyrical fable about love and healing.

“Look at the polar bears,” said Terry. “You see that one on the left, the fatter one? That’s our dad

– our real dad. But you’re not to tell.”

Drawing on Michael Morpurgo’s own childhood experience of first seeing his real father on television, My Father Is a Polar Bear tells the story of two young

brothers rediscovering their birth father in the most unlikely of places - and in an entirely unexpected guise! A warm and delightful tale of family bonds and love told

by a master storyteller and beautifully illustrated by a talented new artist.

Most children think twice before braving a haunted wood filled with terrifying beasties to match wits with

a witch, but not Masha. The fearsome witch of folklore needs an assistant, and Masha needs an adventure.

She may be clever enough to enter Baba Yaga’s house-on-chickenlegs, but within its walls, deceit is

the rule. To earn her place, Masha must pass a series of tests, outfox a territorial bear, and make dinner for

her host. No easy task, with children on the menu! Spooky and poignant, Marika McCoola’s stunning

debut is a storytelling feat and a visual feast.

A spirited urban adventure set against the backdrop of a troubled care system; Oliver Twist revisited for fans of

Benjamin Zephaniah, Kevin Brooks and Melvyn Burgess. Contemporary London – a gang of shoplifters up

Seven Sisters Rd, snatching smartphones and stealing identities... a ‘family’ of boys long ago lost in the system. Angel-faced Alfi Spar has fled the Tenderness Residential

Unit and finds himself on the streets, until his old mate from the home, Citizen Digit, offers him a roof. But their past at Tenderness House is not ready to release them;

the boys saw something nobody should see, and the badness is coming after them.

Maggie Thrash has spent basically every summer of her fifteen-year-old life at the one-hundred-year-old Camp Bellflower for Girls. A split-second of innocent physical

contact pulls Maggie into a gut-twisting love for an older, wiser, and most surprising of all (at least to Maggie),

female counselor named Erin. But Camp Bellflower is an impossible place for a girl to fall in love with another girl, and Maggie’s savant-like proficiency at the camp’s rifle

range is the only thing keeping her heart from exploding. When it seems as if Erin maybe feels the same way

about Maggie, it’s too much for both Maggie and Camp Bellflower to handle, let alone to understand.

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Timmy FailureBy Stephan Pastis

From the New York Times bestselling cartoonist Stephan Pastis comes the hilarious series about the comically overconfident sleuth, Timmy Failure.

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Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made

Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made

Timmy Failure: Now Look What You’ve Done

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7+ yearsTimmy Failure: Now Look What You’ve Done

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7+ yearsTimmy Failure: We Meet Again

An exciting new cover look for this hilarious spoof detective series.

Meet the Diamond Brothers, the world’s worst private-detective agency, in this Chandler-esque

spoof from the creator of the bestselling Alex Rider series. Tim Diamond is the world’s worst

private detective, but unfortunately for his younger brother Nick, the cases keep coming in. Life as

the younger brother of the world’s most defective detective can be tough and the adventures in

these two books will test Nick to the full.

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The Diamond Brothers In The Blurred Man & I Know What You Did Last Wednesday.The Diamond Brothers In The French Confection & The Greek Who Stole Christmas.

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The Rest Of Us Just Live Hereby Patrick Ness

The Tribe Book 3: The Foretelling Of Georgie Spider

by Ambelin Kwaymullina

Award-winning writer Patrick Ness reminds us that there are many different types of remarkable.

Award-winning writer Patrick Ness’s bold and irreverent novel powerfully asks what if you weren’t the Chosen One? What if you were like Mikey? Who just wants to

graduate and go to prom and maybe finally work up the courage to ask Henna out before someone goes and blows up the high school. Again. Because sometimes

there are problems bigger than this week’s end of the world and sometimes you just have to find the

extraordinary in your ordinary life. An exceptional novel from the author praised by John Green as “an insanely

beautiful writer”.

The third and final book in the thrilling eco-dystopian series The Tribe.

A storm was stretching out across futures to swallow everything in nothing, and it was growing larger, which

meant it was getting nearer… Georgie Spider has foretold the end of the world, and the only one who can stop it is Ashala Wolf. But Georgie has also foreseen Ashala’s

death. As the world shifts around the Tribe, Ashala fights to protect those she loves from old enemies and new

threats. And Georgie fights to save Ashala. Georgie Spider can see the future. But can she change it?

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Bob The Railway DogBy Corinne Fenton

Illustrated by Andrew McLeanThe true story of a little dog who had

adventure in his heart and the rattle of the rails in his soul.

In the early days of the railway, when shiny new tracks were opening vast areas of Australia, there

was an adventurous dog who was part of it all. As the tracks were being laid he was there on the

train – riding in his favourite spot on top of the Yankee engine. Everyone knew him. He was Bob

the Railway Dog.

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Dragonkeeper 5: Shadow SisterBy Carole Wilkinson

The fifth instalment in the internationally bestselling and award-winning Dragonkeeper series. Now in

paperback.

Tao is learning to be a dragonkeeper. With no one to teach him it is not easy. He must keep Kai safe but there

is danger at every turn – they are pursued by a gang of murderous nomads, tricked by unseen spirits, attacked by a giant seven-headed snake and disoriented in the realms of the dead. Most terrifying of all is the ghost who can turn blood into ice. Tao knows he must prove he is truly worthy

of the name dragonkeeper. But the road west is never straight and nothing for Tao and Kai is what it seems.

Strayby Rachael Craw

The second book in an exciting new YA/crossover series about genetically engineered

individuals with superhuman abilities.

Evie is a Shield: designed to kill in order to protect, and the Affinity Project have finally come for her. But Evie

isn’t ready for the sinister organisation to take control of her life, her body, her mind. She isn’t ready to follow their rules about who may live and who must die – not when it condemns the innocent. She has one option: risk losing everything and everyone – including Jamie

– and run.

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Book 2: Stray

Book 1: Spark

Black Dog BooksAn imprint of Walker Books Australia.

Little LunchBy Danny Katz • Illustrated by Mitch Vane

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Little Lunch: The SlideLittle Lunch: The Monkey BarsLittle Lunch: The Bubblers

Little Lunch: The Old Climbing Tree

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Little Lunch: The School Gate

Little Lunch: The Off-Limits Fence

Join the Tribe!

The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf is the first book in The Tribe and was short-listed for the

2012 Aurealis Awards in both the Science Fiction and Young Adult categories. Find out

more at www.thefirstwood.com.au

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The Tribe Book 1: The Interrogation Of Ashala WolfThe Tribe Book 2: The Disappearance Of Ember Crow

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Published to coincide with the Little Lunch TV series on ABC3. Each book inicludes three highly illustrated, hilarious stories about a group of kids and their adventures during the fifteen minutes of Little Lunch.

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